| Henry Stevenson | |
| Birth Name: | Henry James Stevenson |
| Birth Date: | 12 July 1867 |
| Birth Place: | Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Midlothian |
| Death Place: | Corstorphine, Edinburgh |
| Ru Position: | Fullback |
| Repteam1: | Scotland |
| Repyears1: | 1888-1893[1] |
| Repcaps1: | 15 |
| Reppoints1: | 3 |
| Ru Provinceyears: | 1888 1889 |
| Ru Province: | Edinburgh District East of Scotland District |
| Amatyears1: | - |
| Amatteam1: | Edinburgh Academicals |
Henry James Stevenson (12 July 1867 – 8 August 1945) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at Full back. He also played first-class cricket.
Stevenson played for Edinburgh Academicals.
Stevenson played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1 December 1888 inter-city match. Stevenson played as a Half back that match with Henry Chambers taking the Full back position.[2]
Stevenson also played the same position for East of Scotland District in their 26 January 1889 match against West of Scotland District.[3]
Stevenson was capped 15 times for Scotland and took part in six Home Nations campaigns. This included being part of Scotland's 1891 Home Nations Triple Crown winning side as well as the team which were joint winners with England the previous Championship. The only points of his career were scored through a drop goal in a win against Wales at Edinburgh during their Triple Crown year.[4]
On the cricket field Stevenson was a slow underarm bowler and right-handed batsman. He appeared in five first-class matches between 1901 and 1905, once for the PF Warner's XI, another with HDG Leveson-Gower's XI, twice for the Marylebone Cricket Club and once with Scotland.[5] He managed four wickets at 67.25 and scored 104 runs at 11.55, with a highest score of 35. His biggest wicket was that of Australian Test batsman Reggie Duff, whom he dismissed in one of his matches for Marylebone.[6] His nephew, Alexander Stevenson, was also a first-class cricketer.